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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21
Unequal Taxation in Pennsylvania.

While Henry Georges theory o: con-
liniug all taxation L. real estate has not
been formally adOp ed in this Common
wea.t TIA, be report of Auditor General
Niles tor he year just closed, indicates
that III practice we are very near The
George idea. The assessed value of the
real s,ate of the Commonwealth is
placed at 81 G97 .202. 153.- There is no
State tax levied upon this form of prop
eTly, the ) ate y on real estate having
bern abolished III 1866, but the local
taxes collected upon the above assessed
yaluar on aggregate $50 395, ,3j00S. 4
state ment is furnished of all forms of
persona property taxed, which is mani
feslly several hundred millions below
the ac ual amount. and figures up
81, 1863. s 4, ,762.l3. The total tax upon
this amount Is gwen at So, ,962 344. 10. II
the same rate o: taxation as the real es-
tate, the tax would be $40, I13 426. 81, or
more Than four times the amount now
paid,
These figures show that when the law
makers exempted real estate from State
taxation as an excuse tOT coutining the
tax on personal property to State puTpo-
ses exclusively, they conferred a more
than doubtful boon on the farmers and
other real estate owners OF the State
No one believes that the money invested
in farms and building lots pays the in
vestOTs a greater rate of interest than
that invested in stocks. bonds and mort
cages or merchandise On the contrary,
all experience goes TO show that most
forms of personal properly are more re-
muueTative than an equal amount Of
money invested III land. Blu. the land
is burdened with a rate % taxation more
hot INN GaH
upon money at interest or invested in
corporation stocks.
In view of these incontrOverlible fig
ures, it will be a wise move on the part
of the friends of equal taxation in the
Legislature to circulate as widely as
possible the information contained in
the Auditor Generals report concerning
this inequality IN taxation. a very de-
teTmined effOIt will be made to repeal
the provisions of the present revenue act
that makes it possible TO assess aud tax
money at interest and other forms Of
personal property. These provisions are
the best the act contains, and while the
entire revenue system of the State needs
revision and c0difCatiOn, 1t should be
done IN the interest Of equalization, aud
not against i.
The farms and the buiiding lois dre ~
open sight. ana cannot escape taxation.
The bonds and mortgages and other
evidences Of personal property can De
locked mp and kept cut Of SIGHT unless
iGqui-itiou is made for Them. There Is
:Ue gr0ssasr injustice in allowing part
90 thlS form of properly TO escape ,he
light ,aEation now levied upon il, and
axacuUg payment only from those who
make #u honest return, All new Iegis-
latlou upon this subject should have for
It's object more effective assessment
and taxation, instead of aff0rding more
convenient loOphOles Of escape from all
taxation Ph5lU. Times
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21

GENERAL James a. Beaver was in
augurated Governor of this State on
Tuesday at Harrisburg. He was induct-
ed to his official position with consider
uble display and gOIgeOusness in sharp
contrast with the simplicity attending
the Inauguration Of Governor PattisOn
four years age. However. to demon
strate or not to demonstrate on such
occasions is a mere matter of taste, and
if Governor Beaver makes as good a
Governor as his undemOEstrative prede-
cessOr he may be excused for the money
wasted in pyrotechnics. His Cabinet is
as follows Secretary of Commonwealth,
Charles w. Stone, of Warren Attorney
General, W. 5. kirkpatrick, of North
amptOn Adjutant General, Daniel H.
Hastings, of Centre.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21
Crop Reports.

The general tenor Of she reports from
the winter wheat States continues 90 be
favorable fou the seeded grain. Fourteen
Ohio counties making returns this week
all make favorable reports. The fields
are well pTCLectcd with snow and the
plant looks very healthy. Similar reports
are made from thirteen counties with a
single exception -Pike-which reports
a mum b0T Of fields showing severe injury
from freezing, Eight Michigan counties
make a uniformly favorable showing .-
Reports were received from twenty seven
Illinois counties, embracing One-thiTd of
those growing winter wheat. and all but
five ot these report the winter wheat
outlook a. favorable. Reports from
Clay, Frfukiin, Hardin, Lawrence and
Wayne counties show that the wheat
has been frozen and that the fields are
covered with frozen sleet. II Gftaen
Kansas counties the prospect for the
growing grain is considered fair TO good,
while Harper, Lion and Pawnee counties
report the grain rs looking badly. Nine
Wisconsin, counties report the outlook as
generally favorable.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21

TIE House at Washington has unan-
imously passed q resolution providing
for an inquiry INTO the affairs Of the
Pacific railroads, This resolution WAS
the result Of recent disclosures made and
published by the New York World, ar
raiguIug certain managers, officers and
stockholders for embezzIing and misap-
plying She funds furnished by the Gov
eminent for the construction and cquiF-
ment Of the roads. If the charges made
can he substantiated, thorough inves-
tigatIOn will unearth some e. ormous
steals. The conviction and punishment
OF the rogues at this late day will be
another evidence of the truth of the
maxim that Justice may sleep, but
never dies"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21

MICHAEL DAyITT, the father Of the
Land League, addressed an enthusiastic
and apprsCiative audience in the Acad-
emy Of Music at Philadelphia, on Satur-
day evening, speaking eloquently and
impressiveIy on the Irish grievances. He
alluded, in the course of his remarks, to
the law on the statute books OF England.
Older than the Declaration Of Indeper,-
deuce, which declares that no power on
earth outside Of Ireland has a right TO
make laws for her government, and deep
down in the hearts of the Irish people
resolution is engraven that there will
never be a moments peace until that
law is re-enacted and enforced. The
sgrarian troubles in Ireland will never
Le settled until national authority is
CTested in Dublin 10 settle them once
and fOrever. In another column is a
pref description Of evictions at Kerry,
winch Is bat a partial illustration Of the
cruelties healed upon the Irish tenants
oy the naughty and inhumar landlords.
IL is almost beyond human forbearauce
to endure the insults and expressions TO
which the Irish people have been sub
Jected, but when :hey finally conquer, as
conquer they must, the unboly alliance
that robs them of their heaven. horn
rights, their victory will be all the more /
brilliant because of their long. patient
struggle for liberty.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21
The verdfotUnanfmous.

W, d. suit, Druggist, Bippus, Ind, testi-
hes can recommend Electric Bitters as
the very best remedy. Every bottle sold
has given relief in every case. One man
took six bottles, and was cured of Rheuma-
tism Of 10 years standing" Abraham Hare
druggist, BelIeviIe, Ohio. afirms. 1.-THE
best selling medicine l have ever handled in
my 20 years experience, is Electric Bitters. Z"
Thousands of others have added their testi-
mony, so tnat the verdict is unanimous that
Electric Bitters do cure a II diseases of the
Liver, Kidneys and Blood. Only a half
dollar bottle at Z. James drug rtore.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21

TIE Anti-Adu!tcration Convention
assembled IN Washington represents the
Boards OF Trade in several cities, and
an effort is being made to formulate
some scheme OF legislation for promoting
AMI enforcing purity in articles Of food.
This is move i'm the right direction. If
prevented, the indirect advantages in
the way of temperate living, and the
direct advantages IN the way of better
health would Justify an enormous outlay
OF money aud time. The adul,eIatIon
Of food causes much III health just as
the adulterauou Of intoxicating drinks
shortsns the lives Of many moderate
imhi1ers
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21

TIE Circuit Court at Indianapolis has
granted the injunction asked, restrain
inc Lieutenant Governor Robertson
from acting as President pro TEN. OF the
Senate, or from assuming the Chairman
ship Of the JOINT Senatorial convention,
holding that he was not legally elected.
The decision is Democratic victory
The case will go 10 the Supreme Court,
and there is not much doubt the decision
will be sustained. The point of the de-
cision is that there is no provision in the
Constitution of the State whereby q
Lieutenant Governor can be elected at
any other time than when a Governor is
elected, that is, once every four years
and iDasmuch as the election was not
constitutional, the proceedings could
not be that of a contested election, as
was provided for by the Constitution
and statutes. The Republicans we're
much gratified by the action of the Cir
cult and Supreme Courts a couple of
weeks ago, on a kindred question. We
hope they are we'll satisfied now.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21

THE propriety of graduated tax has
of The New York World The object of
such tax would be to prevent the vast
accumulation of individual and cOrpO-
rate wealth in the hands of few, and
Furthermore by shifting the burden of
taxation on their shoulders, aid prisons
of small estates and moderate incomes
to rise to higher financial level. There
is no question that more equal distri-
button of wealth in this country would
be a national blessing. a law that
could so regulate the accumulation of
wealth without destroying individual
enterprise would be a check to the
wholesale monopoly of productive indus
tries and vOuchsafe the natural right
which every one should have-by econo-
my and industTy-to secure for himself
anu family all the necessaTies and some
Of the luxuries Of life. Labor end
brains should each have a money value
commensurate with their productive ca
paCity energy, skill and ability in what
ever field exerted shOuld be duly reward
ed, hut when cunning device aid
Chicsnery, aided by cOrrnpt leg isIation,
cOnspire to rob honest toll of its due, it
is time to call a halt. Every man has a
Constitutional right TO be protected in
life, liberty, property and the pursuit OF
happiness. This implies as well that
when a mans accumulation Of property
is Of such nature and extent that it
depriyes others Of their just rights, he
has stepped beyond Constitutional re-
striction for which tribute may be
demanded, in the shape of increased
tav4fiOu
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21

TIE spirit of Seventy-Six is rife in
the capitals of Indiana and New Jersey.
Not the spirit of 1776. but the spirit of
1876, when the will of the people of the
United States was oveTthrOwn by a gil
gantic fraud. In Indiana a member of
the Legislature who received majority
of the votes has been thrown out of his
seat because he held an incompatible
office, and the defeated candidate put in
his place. The elected candidate was
doubtless not eligible, but it was a fla
grant fraud on the right of representa-
tiOn to give his seat to candidate whom
the people had not elected. similar
methods are to be used in New Jersey 10
overthrow the lawful majority in order
that the Republicans may maintain their
control of the Senate Of the United
States. A political party may Temporal
rily protract its existence by such fraud
ulent and desperate eXpedients, but it
cannot avert its doOm.-PbiId. Record.
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21

THE Philadelphia Times in discOurs-
says The inaugural of the new Cover
nor is diffuse and pIatitudinOus to
WEAKNESS. 1t lacks in clear cut, honest,
gritty expression, and will not inspire
the highest measure of popular conf
dence in his administration. 1t will not
be assumed that Governor Beaver means
TO deceive. That would be faTthest
from his purpose. as the record of his
whole life attests but he has not been
even moderately Just to himself.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21
Last Act In PattisOn's Administration.

The announcement by Attorney Gen
eral Cassidy on Saturday thai he had no
more testimony 10 offer in the suits of
She commonwealth against the trunk
i-be ana cosl-pools, practically closed
Iho WOEE OF an Administrator that has
done more than any Of It's preedecessors
70 promote the material prosperity OF the
State. It has checked corporate en-
cToachment, and il has commended for
the equal rights OF shippers. 1t has m
held the State Constitution as its chart
and has won the respect Of all good men
by the earnestnsss, honesty and ability
with which If has guided the affairs Of
Jhe Commonwealth. Mr.. Patt!son will
not step down from his high Office repeat
ing, as ala his predecessor, the regrets
Oh cardinal WOlsey. There is nothing
IN sil the history of his Administrator
to put humiliation upon himself or uDon
the people OF the State. He has been
the Governor of PENNSYLVANIA. in all
that those words imply, and he has
SHOWN a breadth Of mind and q COURAGE
Ct conviction that have been as surpris-
ing 70 MS friends as they were gratifying
70 the masses. No man has ever relin-
pushed the Office of Governor of Penn
syIVanla carrying with him profounder
regard OF the people than Robert f.
t.attlsOr, and no man in the history of
tne state has so completely earned the
enmlty OF jobbers and Of the opponents
OF sound public policy.
Associated with the Governor. and
shedding lustre upon MS Administration +.
was an Attorney General whose contin- +
uOus trlumphS in the Courts have com /
the admiration of the Bench .
snd Bar. Pennsylvania will be signaIy
fortunate II the successors of these men (
]" ~ true to the people and themselves.
-Phiid Record.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21

UNITED STATES Senator John J.
Mitchell who has scarcely been heard Of
since his election to that position, will
be succeeded in March by Senator-e!ect
Quay, who in turn is not likely to emit
much Urilliaucy in the Senate Chamber.
Pennsylvania should be represented by
the highest order of craftsmanship in
that holy
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21

& NEW Pardon Board comes in with
the new Governor, with one exception.
It viii consist Of Lieutenant Governor
Davies, Secretary of the Common wealth
Stone. who once served on it as Lieuten
ant Governor; Attorney General KIRK
patrick, and Secretary of Internal At
fairs Africa. Mr.. Africa is the only
Democrat left in the State Departme ents
and he will retire in May to give place
to Colonel Stewart who was elected last
fall
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21
MALARIA.

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Simmons Liver Regulator is
there would be many a ply
sician without a patient, and
manyan interminable doctor
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hble in malarial infection.
l had for many years been
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from a combination of com
plants, all the outgrowth
Of malaria in my system,
and even under the skillful
hand of DR.. J. P. Jones, of
this city, l had despaired of
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21

THE Democratic state Committee,
which met in Harrisburg on Wednesday,
selected Dallas Sanders, of Philadelphia,
Chairman to succeed w. U. Heusel. who
Gus position
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21

LOVE plays strange freaks sometimes,
but The strangest freak, not to say Infat-
uatiOn. comes from Chicago, where Miss
Nina Van Zandt wants to marry Spies.
The condemned anarchist. She is spoken
OF as a lady OF intelligence and fine SEN
slbilities and refined family connections.
; he does not believe Spies is the bad man
ne Is represented, and thinks he should
not he executed. But the sheriff has in
terposed and says the wedding shall not
.aks place.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21

THE New South is stirring. tapping
veins of coal aud subteIranean lakes of
petroleum in Texas, digging for iron ore
and coal in Mississippi, building rail-
roads in Georgia and factories in Ala
bama, and urging Tennessee to develop
her wonderful mineral resources. The
American must work, and in the fresh
fields Of labor offered below Mason and
DixCn's line he is finding at present the
richest rewards.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21

TIE Pennsylvania Legislature is now
members are presenting bills with VIM
that presages good intentions, Il is to
be hoped their efforts will not stop there
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21

EEENssUSG. aa..
FRIDAY, JANUARY p. 1891.

IN retaliation for CauaG ) seizure of
our fishing vessels On her coasts, Senator
Ednu1ds has introduced bill excluding
Causjjsu vessels from United States
pOT's
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21

THE f0rmality of voting for Matthew
:. Quay for L. ). Senator was gone
through with in the two Houses at Har
risburg. Wednt slay, separately and
coniointly, aud he was declared elected.
After his nomination by the Republican
caucus. his election was q settled tact,
and the formality of voting for him was
only necessary to carry out the law and
give his elec5iOn the official insignia.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND is again 70
ported indisposed from The old maladv
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21

SENATOR STANFORD declares tho, bo Nil,
give no explanation of that g., ,OOO. 900 ex-
benditure for which no vouchers appear in
IT,, 1rt accounts of the Central Pacific Railroad
IN; ne people have no right to that informa-
'ion' ne says. ut is no co ncern of eheirs." :"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-01-21
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-07-22
A Pleasure Shared by Women only

Malhcrbc the gifted French author, de-
clurcd that of all things that man Possesses,
women alone take pleasure in being pcs
scsscd. This seems generally true OF the
swcctcr sex. Like the ivy plant, she longs for
an object to cling to aud lOve-tO look to for
protection. This being her prcrOgatiye, ought
She not to be told that Dr. PiCrcc's FayOrltc
Prescription Is the physical salvation OF her
srXy II banishCs those distressing ma aides
that make her life n burden, curing all painful
rrcgu ariiies, uterine disorders, Inflammation
and liberation, prOlapsus and kindred weak
ncsscs As IA ncrvine. 1t cures nervous eN-
hau- ton, prustratIOn, debility, relieves mental
anxiety and hypochOndria, and promotes re-
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-07-22
The Main LIQUOR Law.

1t seems evident from recent adyices
that the enforcement Of the Main liquor
law Is attended with much difficulty.
That 1t is being eVaded is shown by n
recent proclamation of the governor OF
that state. He has sent communications
TO the attOrnt y-general of the state and
TO every county attorney In the state,
calling their attention to the fact that a
conspiracy exists TO evade the prohibit
tory liquor law by an unjustitiable In
depreciation OF the United States reve-
nue. regulations regarding the sale Of
liquor in imported packages, and call
ing upon them to enforce the law to the
fullest extent.-Bradstreet
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-07-22

II registered letters are delayed, 1t is
because, says Postmaster PearsOn, OF
New York, the main object Of the reg
istry system is security rather than oe-
Ierity. A careful record OF registered
letters must be taken at all functions,
and delays are unavoidable. The sender
Of a registered letter is supposed 10 be
willing to sacrifice some OF the speed Of
the ordinary mail delivery in order that
greater safety may be secured by the
elaborate system Of registry.